The issues we work on

We focus on areas where complex systems intersect with the lives and wellbeing of people. We work with clients across the board, but concentrate on two key areas: digital technology and the environment: 

The environment

From climate change to declining biodiversity to polluted oceans and freshwater, we’re facing a series of interlinking ecological crises that require urgent action. Environmental scientists, policymakers, and activists don’t always have the resources they need to translate their complex work for non-experts. We help the experts translate their ideas so different audiences can understand the issues, why they are important, and what can be done to help.

Digital and data-driven technology

We’re living in an era of fast-moving technological advancement, where complex information systems and AI are driving the way public and private organizations* deliver services, make recommendations to customers, and target interventions. Many of these processes are opaque and invisible to the communities they affect. We examine the ways that digital processes affect our lives, and help people working with technology to explain their work.

*we operate in both New Zealand English and American English, so depending on the client or the context you'll find us using either S or Z in words like this.